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Teach and assess your media literacy unit with this project and rubric package while integrating it into your Oral Language, Math and Healthy Eating curriculum. Using media literacy skills, students will design a cereal box front and then create a game on the back using skills learned during probab

This file contains two parts:
1) A visual organizer that guides students through the process of analyzing a print or TV advertisement. It breaks down ad analysis into 4 steps, moving from lower level to higher level thinking, based on Blooms Taxonomy. Each level of analysis includes prompting quest

Students will enjoy designing their very own Starbucks drink. They are encouraged to use healthy buzz words (organic, non-fat, less sugar) to advertise their new product. Once they have finished, they will use the Quiver app (free) to bring their new drink to life (3D)! Students will then learn a

This is a short Media Literacy activity unit designed to support student learning around the four commonly used persuasive texts in commercials. Students will learn what these four texts are. They will watch a variety of commercials that demonstrate each of these persuasive forms. They will then app

-Students will use this booklet to aid their learning in media literacy.
-The focus is on creating a brand for themselves, a logo, a slogan, and creating an advertisement for themselves; and then as a CEO of a company (selling a product or service).
-A deeper understanding of advertising is the foc

Enjoy this media literacy project where students are asked to design their own cereal box. The challenge is to create a design that appeals to children and adults
As written on the assignment:
Cereal box must include:
- a catchy name
- a slogan and a logo (bonus points for a jingle!)
- 2 persuasiv

Based on Ontario Curriculum Expectations (Oral Communication, Media Lit and Science - Forces)Includes dates/names of natural disasters (earthquakes, hurricanes, etc). Students can use the links provided to research a natural disaster of their choice (graphic organizer is provided to help students or

Engage your students in a deep analysis of different news types/sources as they prepare to become informed and engaged citizens. This project asks students to seek out samples of the news as found in different types of media: print; television; and the Internet. Using an analysis guide for each type

This rubric adheres to the expectations for Grade 5, 6, 7, 8 Media Literacy of the Language Arts Ontario Curriculum. It can be used to mark a media literacy assignment in which students are asked to analyze a print advertisement. This rubric assess students based on their insight into and displayed

Media Literacy Unit: Gender and Media In this mini-unit, students read non-fiction texts and engage in research in order to address their guiding question: How does the media influence our understanding of gender? The research component of this unit assumes that students have a basic understanding o

This French money task combines a few concepts: addition, subtraction, money amounts and media literacy.
It can be sent home as a project or completed in class as a culminating activity
There are three parts to this task:
1) Students are given a grocery flyer and the task is to plan a party for 1

**This resource can be purchased in a BUNDLE at a discounted price here: MEDIA LITERACY - Film Response Bundle
Watch the film TOY STORY with your students. After watching the film, use this resource for media reading comprehension and critical thinking assessment.

This quiz was made to accompany the book, "Media Literacy Grade 6" by Teacher Created Resources.
Quizzes students on the definition of media literacy, forms of media, methods of advertising, obvious vs. hidden messages, propaganda, and stereotypes.
Can be used in other curriculums that cover the a

**This resource can be purchased in a BUNDLE at a discounted price here: MEDIA LITERACY - Film Response Bundle
Watch the film E.T. with your students. After watching the film, use this resource for media comprehension in this one question (with options) essay on the theme of alienation.

Students get to create their own advertisements! After learning about media and advertisements kids get to design their own ads and experience creating them.
Part of the Ontario Language curriculum is Creating Media and this meets the expectations, while being fun!

This film analysis rubric helps guide students in writing their own movie reviews. It gives students the opportunity to look beyond the entertainment factor in popular films and critically analyze the cinematic, dramatic, and literary devices as they contribute to the film as a whole.
Students lear

This is a rubric I created to assess student's original comic strips. The assignment was a summative task after weeks of learning about conventions of comic strips and after developing success criteria for comic strips with the class.

Grade 3 Media Literacy Package
These Media Literacy lessons and assessments can be used through out the year when teachers see fit. My class always enjoys these assignments and they surprise me with how creative they are.
Includes:
1. Informational page introducing Media Literacy and explaining

This is a lesson on brand with a particular focus on product and advertising. Students will learn the following:
- What is a brand?
- What are the eleven main components to a brand?
- How do we analyze a brand?
Inside this zip files are:
- PowerPoint lesson on brand.
I used Coca-Cola as an example

**This resource can be purchased in a BUNDLE at a discounted price here: MEDIA LITERACY - Film Response Bundle
Watch the film DOLPHIN TALE with your students. After watching the film, use this resource for media reading comprehension and critical thinking assessment.

In this bundle you will receive:-Lesson Plans for two 80 minute blocks -Lesson Plan 1 includes: a PowerPoint with links to interest-grabber videos, focus questions, and notes on the six main types of media bias (powerpoint with notes takes 20-30 mins)a worksheet with a guided notes section to accomp

**This resource can be purchased in a discounted BUNDLE including numerous media literacy follow-up worksheets for novel and film comparisons here: MEDIA LITERACY - Read Then Watch Bundle
Read aloud (or use in literature circles/book clubs) the novel OLD YELLER. After reading the novel in its entir